you rang her or felt compelled to ring her on the night that michael jackson died. >> yeah. >> because they were similar age, similar kind of problems. you realized she may be going through turmoil over that news. tell me about that. >> i haven't talked about it publicly, actually. i'm surprised that you know that how do you know that? >> i know everything, tyler. >> i called her that night and i had been trying to get her all day. she had donny hathaway's "a song for you" blasting in the background. i was surprised she could hear me. we talk for a while. she was really broken up about his death. i didn't know if she was thinking about herself. i was trying desperately to let her get me to come over to the house and sit with her o to make sure she was okay. whitney in true fashion, after me trying ten different times. listen, i'm a mother and i'm a woman and i'm single, and you're not coming over to my house in the middle of the night. in a way that only she could. but it's beyond tragic. and i was so disgued. i must tell you i was so disgusted at the media and the way that they handle